RENFREW will need to be at their best when they lock horns with Neilston in today’s West of Scotland Cup second round.

Joint head coach Colin Clark said his side must win their personal battles if they are to come out on top of the derby match.

He said: “There will be a real edge to this game, a bit of added spice because it is a derby.

“And there should be a couple of hefty challenging flying in, so it’s one of those ones where we’ll need to be highly-motivated to win the personal battles – and, hopefully, the quality shines through.”

Although Neilston are a division below Renfrew, Clark believes they will be fired up and going all out to cause an upset.

He said: “I’ve said before, there’s not much difference between the teams in the division we play in and the league Neilston play in.

“Neilston suffered a heavy defeat last week. It was a result I didn’t see coming, so I expect them to be fired up and going out to win the game.”

Renfrew go into today’s game on the back of a slender 1-0 victory over Cambuslang Rangers in the Central League Cup.

The Western Park side had Graeme Mort to thank for scoring the only goal of the game that saw ’Frew progress to the third round of the competition.